ARMENIA ESTABLISHES MILITARY COOPERATION WITH LATVIA
DeFacto, Armenia
Sept 5 2005
Today the Secretary of the Security Council under the RA President,
the RA Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan has left for the Republic of
Latvia on an official visit.
According to the information DE FACTO got at the RA Defense Minister’s
press secretary Colonel Seyran Shahsuvaryan, Serge Sargsyan is
to meet Prime Minister of Latvia, Defense Minister, Chief of the
Central Staff, as well as the Head of the Parliamentary Commission
on Security and Defense. The parties are to sign an agreement “About
Military Cooperation Between Defense Ministry of Republic of Armenia
and Defense Ministry of Republic of Latvia”.
According to Regnum with reference to Latvian Defense Ministry,
Minister of Defense of Latvia Einar Repse is to render assistance in
military education. Having become a member of NATO, the Republic of
Latvia has been rendering assistance to the South Caucasus in security
amendments: in the current year the Ministry has been cooperating
with Georgia, so the Latvian department is to develop cooperation
with other South Caucasian countries.
On September 7 – 9 RA delegation headed by Defense Minister is to
visit Estonia to sign a Memorandum on mutual understanding in military
cooperation between Armenian and Estonian Defense Ministries.